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Monday, 29 February 2016

The 2016 Barnet Council governance project - No 20 - Barnet Council relationsip with Re

Today we examine the Councils relationship with Re, the company set up by Barnet Council and Capita to administer various council functions at an "arms length". We want to see just how transparant Barnet Council are prepared to be about this relationship

1.Directors
salaries for all politically appointed directors of Re (such as Richard
Cornelius)

2.Expenses
of all politically appointed directors of Re

3.List
of all hospitality and gifts received by politically appointed directors of Re

4.A
list of all political appointees to Re from Barnet Council.

For the purposes of
clarity, please take as a definition of a politically appointed director,
someone who is an elected representative in the London Borough of Barnet, or
someone who has been appointed due to their political affiliations rather than their
business acumen.

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Dyslexic punk rock guitarist, studio owner and author Barnet Eye blog, proprieter of Mill Hill Music Complex Studios. Born and raised in the London Borough of Barnet. Loves loud music, beer,curry and football and occasionally strings two coherent sentences together.
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